Combined shipping and display carton.



w. A. v. PORTER. COMBINED SHIPPING AND DISPLAY CARTON.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 12, I912.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

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WILLIAM A. V. PORTER,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COMBINED SHIPPING AND DISPLAY CARTON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 191a.

Application filed September 12, 1912. Serial No. 719,98 1.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I WILLIAM A. V. PORTER, a citizen of the limited States, and resident of the borough of lVlanhattan, in the city and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Combined Shipping and Display Carton, of which the following is as ecifieation.

Tins invention relates to a combined shipping and display carton, and more specifically to an article of this character which is stamped from blanks of comparatively light, cheap material, such as cardboard; the objeets being to provide an article of this kind which is cheapandsimple to manufacture, which may be shipped by itself in a flat condition, which may be quickly adjusted into a strong display carton, and which, when in its position for holding the contents, may be assembled with a similar carton to together form a strong and convenient shipping assembly which. will adequately protect the contents of the two. I 7

Another object is toprovide certain improvernents in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts whereby the above mentioned objects may be effectively carried out.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings in which, 1

Figure 1 represents, in front elevation, the carton in itsdisplay position with its contents shown therein in dotted lines. Fig. 2 represents a. side view of the parts shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a top plan v ew ofthe same. Fig. t represents a vertical central action through the parts shown m Fig. 1, with the contents removed, and 1g. 5 represents, in side elevation, the combination of two filled cartons into a shipping assembly.

The carton proper has a back 1, a bottom 2, sides 3, and front 4. These parts may be stamped from a blank of cardboard or other similar material, withthe back, bottom and front composing a contlnuous body p 1 tion, so to speak, and the sldes integral with the back but severed from the bottom and front. This blank may be creased at the 'uncture of the back and bottom, at the lunc ture of the bottom and front, and at the uncture of the sides and back, for convenience in folding. It will be seen that the back is relatively veryhigh and the front relatively very low; while the sldes are substantially triangular in cross section, so as to extend rom the low front well up toward the top of the high back. A. tray or support for the contents may also be stamped from similar material in a flat shape, and then creased, folded and secured in the form of two rectangular blocks 5, 6, with an upper corner of the rectangular block 5 adjoining the opposite lower corner of the rectangular block 6; hence providing a stepped support for the cans or other receptacles in which the contents are contained. This tray is secured Within the carton by gluing, or fastening in some other convenient manner, the bottom of the block 5 to the bottom 2 of the carton and the back of the block 6 to the back 1 of the carton, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. This tray is collapsible so that when the bottom 2 of the carton is unfolded to lie in the plane of the back 1, the blocks 5 and 6 of the tray will lie flat upon the said back and bottom of the said carton.

The sides 3 of the carton are provided at their lower ends with quadrant shaped laps 7, which have ears 8 adapted for engagement with slits 9 in the bottom E2 of the carton, for holding the same in its assembled position; while the front t has hooked cars 10 fitting within the slits 1.1 in the said sides 3, for locking the whole together.

It will readily be seen that the carton may be shipped in its unfolded condition with the tray composed of the rectangles 5 and 6 lying flat upon the back and bottom: and that it may be folded by the manufacturer of the contents into the form clearly shown in Fig. 4, the said folding automatically causing the tray 5, 6, to assume a stepped formation for supporting the contents in display location. When it is desired to ship the carton, together with its contents, it is merely necessary to invert one and place it upon a similar one with the upper part of the back of each engaging the low front of the other. In this position, the whole forms a compact rectangular package which mav be wrapped and tied in this condit on and then shipped. This convenience in shipping is brought about by the general triangular shape of the carton in side elevation, and by the convenient coiipcration of the top of the back of each with the low front of the other. The low front and the front of the top of the back may, if' desned, contain the name of the manufacturer or advertising or other printed matter.

my invention; hence I do not Wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein shown and described, but 7 What I claim is:

1. An article of the character described 10 comprising a back, front, bottom and sides stamped from a single blank, a collapsibe tray permanently secured to the back and bottom and arranged to be collapsed flatas the carton is unfolded and to form rectangular stepped blocks when the carton is folded in display position, and means for securing the cartorkin said display position.

2. An article of the character described comprising a back, front, bottom and sides stamped from a single blank, 9. collapsible tray permanently secured to the back and bottom and arranged to be automatically collapsed flat as the carton-is unfolded and to automatically form rectangularstepped 2 blocks when the carton isfolded in display position, and means for securing the car ton in said display position. 7

- 3. An article of the character described comprising a back, front, bottom and sides,

a collapsible tray creased, folded and secured in the form of a plurality. of rectangular blocks, with the back of the upper block secured to the back of the carton and the bottom of the lower block secured to the bottom of the carton, so that when the carton is unfolded, the tray will be collapsed flat and when the carton is folded into display position the tray will form a stepped arrangement of said rectangular blocks, and means for securing the carton in display position.

4:. An article of the character described comprising a back, front, bottom and sides, a collapsible tray creased, folded and secured in the form of a plurality of rectangular blocks, with the back of the upper block secured to the back of the carton and the bottom of the lower block secured to the bottom of the carton, so that when the carton is unfolded, the tray will be automatically collapsed flat and when the carton is folded. into display position, the tray will automatically form a stepped arrangement of said rectangular blocks, and means for securing the carton in display position.

In testimony, that l[ claim the foregoing as my invention, l[ have signed my name in presence of two witnesses, this thirtieth day of July 1912.

WILLIAM A. V. PORTER;

Witnesses:

F. Grnonen BARRY, C. L. Lnrmsnnn. 

